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The prolific growth of wildlife smuggling makes it the fourth-largest criminal enterprise globally after drug, firearm, and human trafficking. Products demanded by the trade include but are not limited to ivory, bushmeat, traditional medicine, and exotic pets. China and the United States are the largest buyers in the illegal wildlife trade. [3]
Operation Chameleon. Operation Chameleon was a series of undercover operations performed by the Office of Law Enforcement of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) with the aim of rounding up several reptile smuggling rings. [1] The operation lasted five years, starting during the second half of the 1990s and was mainly concerned ...
The United States is a popular destination for Amazonian rainforest animals. They are smuggled across borders the same way illegal drugs are – in the trunks of cars, in suitcases, in crates disguised as something else. In Venezuela more than 400 animal species are involved in subsistence hunting, domestic and international (illegal) trade ...
October 12, 2024 at 2:14 PM. One woman was moving as slow as a tortoise when she was caught red-handed trying to smuggle 29 protected turtles across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. Wan Yee Ng ...
Six Indian nationals were arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport for attempting to smuggle 87 animals to Mumbai, which included snakes and a red panda, Thai Customs reported. Five males and one female ...
The 30-year-old Oxnard man was indicted on federal charges of wildlife trafficking, smuggling and conspiracy, prosecutors say. Man caught with dozens of lizards in his clothes is charged with ...
Standing Rules of the United States Senate. The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress. The Senate and the United States House of Representatives (which is the lower chamber of Congress) comprise the federal bicameral legislature of the United States. Together, the Senate and the House have the authority under ...
The first known animal welfare laws in North America were regulations against "Tirranny or Crueltie" toward domestic animals included in the 1641 Massachusetts Body of Liberties. [2] Starting in the late 1820s, a number of states passed anti-cruelty statutes. Many of these exempted animals used in experiments, and only twice were they invoked ...